The recently issued SEC proposal to expand issuer disclosure in the $2.7 trillion municipal-securities market doesn't go far enough, say muni-bond analysts and the mutual fund industry.
Consumer cyclical stocks, junk bonds, financial stocks and emerging-markets stocks were among the biggest losers last year, but during the first six months of this year, they propelled a handful of mutual funds to the top of the performance charts.
At least three brokerage firms have decided not to sell leveraged exchange traded funds a month after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. warned brokers that they “typically are unsuitable for retail investors” who hold them longer than a day.
Old Mutual Capital Inc. of Denver today announced a plan to eliminate about 45 administrative and sales positions over the next eight months as the firm looks to shrink its mutual fund lineup by about half.
Power Play Research today launched the Power Play Global Solar Energy Index (PPGSEI), which will record the performance of more than 50 solar energy companies in developed countries worldwide.
In a move to raise awareness about transparency in green investing, Boston-based Green Century Capital Management Inc. today announced the results of a carbon analysis of one of its mutual funds.
Despite the superior performance of fixed-income assets recently, an all-bond asset allocation is unlikely to deliver investors the returns they need in the future, according to analysis released by Ibbotson Associates, the research division of Morningstar Inc. of Chicago.
A top index provider is considering offering its own lineup of exchange traded funds, but just what those funds would look like is a mystery.
Slumping home prices and financial incentives may make homeownership all the more tantalizing for young newlyweds, but advisers warn that renting may be the smarter choice.
Hedge funds came back with a vengeance during the three-month period ending June 30, posting the industry's best performance since the fourth quarter of 1999, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. in Chicago.
FundQuest Inc. of Boston has expanded the offerings on its managed-accounts platform to include select alternative strategies.
Hedge fund managers and corporate boards received low marks with regard to ethical behavior in a recent survey of financial-industry professionals.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $17.3 million to settle charges that it received nearly $31 million in undisclosed compensation for selling its brokerage customers real estate investment trusts between 2000 and 2004, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The market's decline is taking its toll on mutual funds.
The reputation of exchange traded products that give investors access to commodities took a hit this month when one of the largest exchange traded commodities pools — the $3.61 billion U.S. Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) — was forced to stop issuing new shares.
Although state and local governments across the country face staggering budget deficits, their struggles are having little effect on municipal-bond prices.
Financial advisers are troubled by an administration proposal that would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to ban commissions and take other sweeping actions regarding their fees.
On paper, the case for investing in natural gas is straightforward: It is a clean, largely domestic fuel now selling at 74% below its peak price of a year ago.
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer nine exchange traded funds.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro has called on Congress to allow broker-dealers to compete on commissions they charge when they sell mutual fund shares.
